In 1917, Choctaw Indian were not citizens of the United States. The language the Choctaws spoke was considered obsolete. That same language later helped bring about a successful end to the first World War. Of more than 10,000 Native Americans service in WWI, a number of Choctaw soldiers "confounded German eavesdroppers".

In 1924, a Congressional Act granted Indians citizenship of the United States. Without the help of our Choctaw Heroes, this may have taken longer. We still maintain dual citizenship.

In World War II (WWII), there were 4 Code Talkers, documented as Class II Code Talkers. A Class II Code Talker was not formally trained and used their native language "in the open" substituting English words when there was no word for military terms in the Choctaw language.